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Belgium seeks answers over its apparent status as a spring board for Europe's jihadists

Since the Paris attacks soldiers and police have flooded the streets of what is in effect Europe’s administrative capital in neighbouring Belgium

27/11/2015

Belgium

Belgium lowers state of alert in Brussels from maximum level

Belgium has lowered the security threat level in Brussels to three after nearly a week on maximum alert four. The reduction from a very serious

26/11/2015

Sport

Belgium prepare for first Davis Cup final in over a century

Belgium’s finest tennis players have been pounding the clay in preparation for this weekend’s Davis Cup final against Great Britain in Ghent. The

25/11/2015

Europe News

MEPs urge tougher stance on jihadists

The European Parliament on Wednesday called for an EU blacklist of known or suspected jihadists. But the motion passed by MEPs in Strasbourg is

25/11/2015

Europe News

Schools reopen in Brussels

Schools have started to reopen in Brussels after a four-day security clampdown that followed the Paris attacks. But some parents worry whether it is

25/11/2015

Europe News

Brussels firms feel pinch amid terror alert

This close to Christmas, business is normally booming for the shops and traders in Brussels. But the security measures in place amid a terror alert

24/11/2015

Belgium

Brussels clampdown to last another week but schools to reopen on Wednesday

Brussels remains on high alert this Tuesday after the Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel cited a “serious and imminent” threat that justifies

24/11/2015

Belgium

Belgium to maintain high security alert for another week

Belgian police have charged a fourth man over the deadly attacks on Paris. The terrorism suspect was one of 16 people detained on Sunday. The rest

23/11/2015

Europe News

ISIL threat is 'a wake-up call for Europe', says leading defence expert

Euronews asked Serge Stroobants, Brussels representative at the Institute for Economics and Peace, for his assessment of the current terror threat in

23/11/2015

Belgium

Brussels on third day of high security alert

Brussels awoke on Monday morning after 19 raids and 16 arrests overnight and with Interior Minister Jan Jambon telling radio listeners that the

23/11/2015

Belgium

Belgians turn to cats after call for Twitter terror blackout

23/11/2015

Belgium

Belgian police arrest 16 in Sunday night anti-terror raids

Belgian police sealed off streets in the centre of Brussels during raids late on Sunday night. Armed officers mounted several security operations –

23/11/2015

Belgium

Belgium extends maximum alert over 'imminent' threat

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel has announced that Brussels’ terror alert status is to remain at the highest level. The rest of the country is

23/11/2015

Belgium

Brussels remains on high alert: 'multiple operations underway' across Belgium

Belgian police sealed off streets in the centre of Brussels during raids late on Sunday night. Armed officers mounted several security operations –

22/11/2015

Belgium

Brussels remains on high alert: 'multiple operations underway' across Belgium

Brussels' terror alert status will remain at the maximum level, while the city's schools and metros are to stay shut on Monday.

22/11/2015

Belgium

Paris: "I would rather see my brother in prison than in a cemetery"

Suspected Paris attacker Salah Abdelslam is on the run. The 26-year-old may have assumed a false identity. Officials raised the alert when

22/11/2015

Belgium

Brussels still on maximum terror alert as hunt for Paris fugitive continues

Brussels remains on its highest terror alert as the hunt continues for a fugitive suspect of the Paris attacks, who remains at large. The streets in

22/11/2015

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Empty streets in Brussels, the city remains on lockdown

Belgium’s national Crisis Centre on Saturday raised the threat alert in the Brussels region to Level 4, which indicates a “serious and immediate

22/11/2015

Belgium

Brussels remains on high alert amid fears of Paris-style attack

Brussels remains on the highest level of alert, amid fears that the horror of what happened in Paris could be repeated in the Belgian capital

21/11/2015

Belgium

Brussels on full security alert, metro closed

Brussels has been placed on its highest level of security alert after what officials describe as a “serious and imminent threat”. The Belgian capital

21/11/2015

Belgium

Brussels mayor advises bars and restaurants to close from 6pm

The Belgian capital is on the highest level of terror alert, with the mayor recommending that city centre bars and restaurants close from 6pm CET on

21/11/2015

Belgium

Metro completely closed in Brussels for security reasons, no metro or pre-metro - STIB

21/11/2015

Belgium

A 'serious and imminent' threat - Brussels put on highest level of alert

The metro system in Brussels has been closed due to what officials have described as a “serious and imminent threat.” At four, Belgium is on its

21/11/2015

Belgium

Mothers in Molenbeek appeal to the Belgian interior minister

In Molenbeek social worker Olivier Vanderhaeghen spends a lot of his working life trying to pull disaffected Muslim youths back from the brink and

19/11/2015

Belgium

Belgium promises security crackdown to fight Islamist militants

Belgian authorities have arrested nine people following a series of raids in connection with the Paris attacks. Police say seven of those being held

19/11/2015

World

Radicalised Muslims 'are victims', says top Brussels imam

Belgium’s Muslim community say they have been shocked by recent events in Paris and Brussels. euronews’s Charles Salamé on Thursday interviewed the

19/11/2015